Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Floral Park you can determine when you can plant redvein dock by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Redvein Dock

Frost tolerance for redvein dock:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Redvein Dock do ok in moderate cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant redvein dock in Floral Park is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant redvein dock and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your redvein dock may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your redvein dock indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Floral Park the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Floral Park may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Floral Park you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your redvein dock if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Floral Park

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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